Keeping eyes open for alternatives to #vscode.

Ran into #EclipseTheia. Opened up the web page.

"Guys guys guys this is an #AI NATIVE IDE!"

🤦🏻‍♀️ It's like every other bloody IDE, then. Why is this the only thing front and center? Oh wait, *the industry.*

...In moments like this, I wish I could just enter the Konami code and the website would switch from "trying to impress the Management" mode to "developer who is actually interested of the actual features" mode.

It's like when I was a kid and the 8-bit microcomputers all had *awesome games* and the marketing material, aimed at the people who made the purchase decisions, was like "home computers have a wide variety of uses, you can keep track of the contents of the fridge... or something". And the parents were like "ooo, fridge tracking. We must evaluate these based on this important criterion."

#programming

Why Cursor, Windsurf and co fork VS Code, but shouldn't

Forking VS Code gets you to market fast, but you pay later in rebasing, licensing, and marketplace risk. Building an AI native IDE with deep UX and governance control? Start from Eclipse Theia, not a competitor fork.
Read at: https://blogs.eclipse.org/post/thomas-froment/why-cursor-windsurf-and-co-fork-vs-code-shouldnt

#EclipseTheia #VSCode #AI #opensource

✨ Theia AI earns the CODiE for 2025 Best Open Source Project.
If you are a developer, it is the right moment to contribute.
👉 https://blogs.eclipse.org/post/thomas-froment/recognition-openness-theia-ai-receives-2025-codie-award

#DevTools #TheiaIDE #EclipseTheia #IDE

“So… who’s really adopting #EclipseTheia?” 💡
From Arduino to Arm and IBM — teams everywhere are building their IDEs and tools on this open source platform.
The ecosystem is booming 🚀

Read more 👉 https://www.eclipse.org/topics/ide/articles/the-active-ecosystem-of-eclipse-theia-adopters/

#EclipseTheia #OpenSource #DevTools

🧩 Build your own web IDE without forking VS Code
⚙️ Great walkthrough with Eclipse Theia: minimal app, Open VSX extensions, core plugins, Vite, Turborepo, custom splash & layout
🙌 Thanks Maksim Kachurin

🔗 https://dzone.com/articles/theia-deep-dive-build-your-own-ide

#EclipseTheia #CloudDevTools #open source #WebIDE #DevTools

How do you bring powerful visual tools, advanced debugging, and seamless version control into a single development environment?

Lonti achieved exactly that with #EclipseTheia, helping them transform Martini Designer into a modern, integrated IDE tailored for API, automation, and application development.

Learn more: https://www.eclipse.org/topics/ide/articles/how-lonti-created-a-unified-ide-for-apis-automation-and-application-development-with-eclipse-theia/

#opensource #EclipseCloudDevTools

Theia annoyance: Window size/position seems to be stored per workspace (but not in the workspace file), rather than for the app. When you open a folder with it, you get a small window in the middle of the screen.

The theme support doesn't seem quite 1:1 with VS Code; my favourite (Sunburst) should have a black background for editors, but it's using the grey background as the rest of the app.

#theia #EclipseTheia